Tag Archives: Bashar Assad

A Quick LinkSwarm on Syria

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Lawrence Person

So Obama is (maybe) going to be shipping arms to Syrian rebels. I think this is a remarkably bad idea for a number of reasons, none of them that Bashar Assad isn’t a murderous thug who oppresses his own people, … Continue reading →

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Syrian Headlines One Year From Now

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Lawrence Person

New Syrian President Greets American Ambassador “A New Era” Syria Pledges Cooperation in Iraq, Lebanon Israel Claims New Syrian Government Shipping Arms to Hamas Damascus Under Sharia “They beat my wife,” claims distraught shopkeeper Syrian chemical weapons missing? Sunni, Shia … Continue reading →

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Syrian Rebels On Outskirts of Damascus

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

What the headlines says, although they were repulsed. If President Hamlet was thinking about helping topple Assad, now would be a Real Good Time to jump off the fence. Plus, unlike Libya and Egypt, not only would it be very … Continue reading →

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France Recognizes Syrian Rebels

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Lawrence Person

“In a direct echo of previous events in Libya, France has formally recoginsed the opposition Syrian National Council and proposed that international troops should protect civilians.” Meanwhile, those rebels are calling for international air strikes against the Assad regime. It’s … Continue reading →

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France Pushing Intervention in Syria?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So it seems: Alain Juppe, France’s foreign minister, has raised the possibility that western powers could intervene directly intervene [sic – LP] to protect civilians in Syria from the Assad regime. He suggested that “humanitarian corridors or humanitarian zones” could … Continue reading →

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Syrian Revolt Gathering Steam

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The rebels in Syria seem newly emboldened, as they just attacked the ruling Baath Party building in Damascus. One estimate of the death toll since mid-March of 4,500 Syrains killed, which strikes me as much too low. Barry Rubin says … Continue reading →

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Syrian Rebel Defectors Hit Assad Intelligence Center

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Lawrence Person

“Syrian army defectors attacked an intelligence complex on the edge of Damascus early on Wednesday, in the first reported assault on a major security facility in the eight-month uprising against President Bashar Assad, activists said.” The start of something bigger? … Continue reading →

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Syria Finally Ready to Blow?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Maybe. News that the Arab league has suspended Syria indicates Bashar Assad may be on even shakier ground than previously thought. Getting suspended by the Arab League for oppressing your own people is only a couple of steps above getting … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 6, 2011

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

A smattering of news on this and that: Michael Totten recommended this Theo Padnos piece in The New Republic on Assad’s Syria and the personality cult the Assads have made of Alawi. Stratfor says that not only was the Anwar … Continue reading →

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Syrian Generals Defect: End of Assad Near?

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Syrian Major General Riad El As’ad has defected along with a group of senior officers, announcing they’ll “fight the army of oppression headed by President Bashar Assad.” This is huge news, far more so in Syria than just about any … Continue reading →

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